Comments on: Clockheart Boy http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/clockheart-boy/ Group authored publication covering theatre and the performing arts in London and beyond Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephe Harrop http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/clockheart-boy/#comment-1767 Stephe Harrop Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:27:12 +0000 http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/?p=533#comment-1767 Yes, the set-up, if not the overall tone, is extremely like - although while Dumbshow explicitly cite Tim Burton as an influence (and Clockheart Boy himself is intensely Burton-esque), Blade Runner doesn't get a mention. Still, both sources seem to me to be important in pointing back to the traditional Pinocchio Theme - the melancholy of a created being who aspires to full humanity. Yes, the set-up, if not the overall tone, is extremely like – although while Dumbshow explicitly cite Tim Burton as an influence (and Clockheart Boy himself is intensely Burton-esque), Blade Runner doesn’t get a mention. Still, both sources seem to me to be important in pointing back to the traditional Pinocchio Theme – the melancholy of a created being who aspires to full humanity.

]]> By: TheatreGoer69 http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/clockheart-boy/#comment-1763 TheatreGoer69 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:13:36 +0000 http://www.londontheatreblog.co.uk/?p=533#comment-1763 The scenario you describe here reminds me of the toymaker scene in Blade Runner. Incredibly evocative and disturbing at the same time: <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtOE3o7lIM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtOE3o7lIM</a> Do you find any correlation at all? The scenario you describe here reminds me of the toymaker scene in Blade Runner. Incredibly evocative and disturbing at the same time: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yDtOE3o7lIM

Do you find any correlation at all?

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